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REGULATIONS 




Agricultural & Mechanical Collhge 



OF KENTUCKY, 



ADOPTED JUNB 80, 1882. 




FRANKFORT, K Y . : 

PRINTED AT THE KENTUCKY YEOMAN OFFICE. 

MAJOR, JOHNSTON & BARRETT. 

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REGULATIONS 



Agricultural & Mechanical College 



OF KENTUCKY. 



ADOPTED JUNE 30, 1882. 



FRANKFORT, KY.: 

PRINTED AT THE KENTUCKY YEOMAN OFFICE. 

MAJOR, JOHNSTON & BARRETT. 

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Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 

Lexington, June 30, 1882. 

By authority of the acts [of the General Assembly of 
Kentucky approved March 4th and April 23d, 1880, "to 
incorporate the Agricultural and Mechanical College of 
Kentucky, and to provide for the future management there- 
of," the Board of Trustees of said College have established 
the following regulations, and have enjoined that they be 
strictly observed by all persons concerned. 

L. P. BLACKBURN, 
Governor, and ex officio Chairman Board of Trustees, 

B. F. BUCKNER, 

Secretary Board of Trustees, 



CONTENTS. 



Article. Page. 

General Organization I. 7 

Admission of Students II. 13 

Course of Studies and System of Instruction III. 15 

Sessions, Vacations, Graduation, and Degrees IV. 20 

Practical Instruction and Pliysical Training V. 22 

Offenses and Modes of Punishment VI. 23 

Discipline and Police VII. 25 

Permits and Leaves of Absence '' 30 

Quarters '' 31 

Section Marchers ■ ' ' 34 

Uniform, Arms and Accoutrements ' ' 35 

Cadet's Mess " 37 

Explanations . ' * 39 

Library and Apparatus VIII. 40 

Miscellaneous IX. 41 



REGULATIONS 



AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL COLLEGE 

OF KENTUCKY. 



Article I. 

General Organisation. 

I. By the acts of the Legislature for the incorporation 
and management of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col- 
lege, "the government, administration, and control" of the 
College are vested in the Board of Trustees. By said acts 
it is made the duty of the Board, among other things, "to 
determine, from time to time, the number of departments of 
study which the College shall comprise;" "to devise, allot, 
and arrange the distribution of departments, or groups of 
departments, with the designation appropriate to each, and 
to devise the means required for their effective instruction, 
administration, and government;" "to appoint Presidents, 
Professors, Assistants, and Tutors, and to determine the 
salaries, duties, and official relations of each." They are 
empowered also "to remove or suspend from office all in- 
cumbents of offices filled by them; " " to grant degrees to the 
Alumni of the Institution ; to prescribe the conditions up- 
on which post-graduate honors shall be obtained by the 
Alumni and others, and to confer such honorary degrees, 
upon the recommendation of the Faculty of the Institution, 
as they may think proper;" " to establish proper regulations 
for the government of the College, and the physical train- 



8 REGULATIONS OF THE 

ing, military or otherwise, of the students, and to authorize 
the suspension or dismissal of students for neglect or viola- 
tion of the regulations, or for other conduct prejudicial to 
the character and welfare of the Institution." They accord- 
ingly hereby ordain and establish the following regulations, 
and enjoin a strict observance of them upon all persons 
concerned. 

2. The officers of the Board of Trustees are a President, 
a Secretary, and a Treasurer, with an Executive Committee 
to act under its direction. The duties of these various func- 
tionaries are defined in the act to incorporate the College, 
approved March 4, 1880, and the act amendatory thereto, 
approved April 23, 1880. 

3. In order to the efficient and impartial government of 
the Institution, the Trustees will feel themselves under obli- 
gation to avoid all ex parte proceedings in relation to its 
concerns. In their individual capacity they will listen to 
no complaints of disaffected students against their instruct- 
ors ; they will avoid all conversation and expression of pri- 
vate opinion concerning the instructors or students by which 
they might pledge or commit themselves on subjects liable 
to come before them in their official capacity; and when 
called upon to act officially, they will mutually regard as 
confidential the individual opinions expressed in the Board. 

4. At each annual meeting the Board will appoint four of 
their number as an Examining Committee to attend the 
summer examination of the students, and make report 
thereon to the Board at the next annual meeting. It is 
desirable at the same time that as many of the Board of 
Trustees as possible shall attend these examinations, and in 
the event of the declination of any of the four appointed by 
the Board, the President of the Executive Committee shall 
designate other members, and request their attendance. 

5. The immediate government and instruction of the Col- 
lege shall be administered by the President and Faculty,, 
together with such assistants and subordinate officers as are 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 9 

herein authorized, and according to the rules herein pre- 
scribed. 

6. The Faculty shall be composed of the President andl 
Professors. In the absence of the President from any meet- 
ing, the Faculty may choose one of its members to act as: 
chairman for that meeting. It shall meet under the direc- 
tion of the President, who shall call a meeting at the request 
of any two Professors. All questions shall be decided by- 
vote, and each member shall be entitled to one vote. 

7. The Faculty shall keep a book of records, and appoint 
a Secretary or Clerk, who shall enter in it an accurate state- 
ment of the transactions of the Faculty, which book shall 
be laid before the Board of Trustees at each annual meet- 
ing, and before the Executive Committee whenever called 
for. 

8. It shall be the duty of the Faculty, and of every officer 
of the Institution, to watch diligently over the- manners and 
behavior of the students, and by all proper methods to rec- 
ommend to them an honorable and blameless life. 

9. To the President is committed the general superin- 
tendence of the interests and reputation of the Institution, 
in addition to such specific duties of instruction as may be 
assigned to him by the Board of Trustees. He is the chief 
executive officer of the College, and as such it is his duty 
to see that all its regulations are faithfully observed. He is 
i\v officio President of the Faculty, and the executor of its 
decrees ; and is to preside at all examinations, exhibitions, 
and commencements. He has a right to be present at the 
recitation of any class or section in the Institution, as often 
as he may think proper ; to conduct the recitation himself, 
if he choose, and give such general directions as he may 
deem necessary; and it shall be his duty to visit each 
department of instruction at least once a month. 

10. The Professors and Instructors, when the interest of 
th^ College demands it, shall take such part in the instruc- 
tion of the students, aside from the duties of their respec- 



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tive chairs, as may be assigned by the Faculty ; and they 
shall deliver lectures on those subjects which require illus- 
tration by that means, at such times in the course of study 
as the Faculty may" judge most conducive to the improve- 
ment of the students. 

11. No officer of the College will be allowed to engage 
in any pursuit or occupation which shall interfere with the 
complete and punctual discharge of the duties assigned to 
him. 

12. It will be the duty of every officer of the College to 
attend the morning service in the chapel, and to be present 
and take an appropriate part in all public examinations and 
ceremonial occasions which require the presence of the 
College authority. 

13. If found necessary, or in particular cases, if deemed 
advisable by the President and Faculty, any student may be 
employed at a compensation of not more than seven dollars 
per month for a daily recitation, to instruct in any study 
in which the Faculty mky pronounce him qualified ; and 
when necessary, such students may be detailed by the Pres- 
ident to so teach without compensation for a period not 
exceeding one week, during the sickness or temporary ab- 
sence of the regular instructor. In all such cases the student 
will be excused from all drills and roll calls, but will not be 
privileged to absent himself from any other duty, or from 
the College without permission. 

14. In order to comply with that provision of the act of 
Congress of July 2d, 1862, which requires that military tac- 
tics shall form part of the instruction at the Colleges pro- 
vided for in that act ; and in order also to secure to the 
students the benefits of physical development, a good per- 
sonal bearing, and the habits of punctuality and regular- 
ity which military training is calculated to promote, the 
male students of the College shall be organized into infan- 
try companies, having each an aggregate strength of fj^om 
twenty- five to seventy-five, rank and file, so as to form four 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. I I 

or more companies according to the average number of 
students, and constitute, with a suitable staff, a battalion 
under the command of the military professor, who shall 
have the title and relative rank of Colonel. For conven- 
ience and fitness of designation, all the male students of the 
College shall, in their military relations, be called Cadets ; 
the organization shall be called the Corps or Battalion of 
Cadets, and its commander shall be called the Commandant 
of Cadets. 

15. The staff of the Corps shall consist of the Colonel, 
one Major, one Adjutant, a Cadet Lieutenant; one Quarter- 
Master, a Cadet Lieutenant ; one Sergeant Major, a Cadet; 
one Quarter- Master Sergeant, a Cadet ; one Sergeant Color- 
bearer, a Cadet. Each company shall have one Captain, a 
Cadet; one First Lieutenant, a Cadet; two Second Lieu- 
tenants, Cadets ; one Orderly Sergeant, a Cadet ; three Ser- 
geants, Cadets; four Corporals, Cadets; two Musicians, 
Cadets. The Cadets will be encouraged, also, in the forma- 
tion of a battalion band, to be composed of a Captain as 
leader, a Drum. Major, and twelve or more musicians, who 
will be allowed such facilities and privileges as may be 
possible without interfering unduly with their studies. 

16. The Major of the Corps shall be one of the Professors 
or assistants qualified for the military duties, and appointed 
with his consent by the President. He will, when neces- 
sary, assist the Commandant in the performance of his 
duties, or temporarily take his place. 

17. The Cadet officers and non-commissioned officers 
shall be appointed by the President from a list of double 
the number required, which shall be submitted by the Fac- 
ulty The selection will be made from those Cadets who 
have been most studious, soldier-like in the performance of 
their duties, and exemplary in their general deportment. 
In general, the officers will be chosen from the higher 
classes, and the non-commissioned officers fromi the lower 
classes. 



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18. The United States Infantry Tactics, and the Army 
Regulations shall govern the battalion and its various mem- 
bers in the general duties of drill, parade, and guard. The 
officers and non-commissioned officers shall also perform 
such special duties as belong appropriately to their respec- 
tive positions, or are assigned to them by these regulations. 

19. The Adjutant shall keep a record of and read before 
the battalion all orders issued by proper authority ; shall 
also keep a record of and read before the battalion all 
delinquencies for which Cadets are reported, and shall make 
all details of Cadets for duty. He shall be assisted in his 
office duties by the Sergeant Major. 

20. The Cadet Quarter-Master shall issue arms and ac- 
coutrements, keys, orderly boards, and all other public prop- 
erty required to be issued to the Cadets, and take receipts 
therefor. He shall keep an account book in which he shall 
make a register of all such issues. He shall also keep an 
account of all damage done by Cadets to buildings, arms 
and accoutrements, and other public property, and collect 
the sums assessed for such damage by the Commandant, or 
by special inspectors duly appointed by the President. He 
shall be assisted in his duties by the Quarter- Master Ser- 
geant. 

21. The Adjutant and Sergeant Major will be excused 
from company drills; and the Quarter-Master and Quar- 
ter-Master Sergeant from all drills and parades, except on 
special occasions, when they may be required by the Com- 
mandant of the Corps to be present. 

22. The Cadet officers and non-commissioned officers of 
all grades should keep in mind that their official position is 
one of honor and trust, and demands from them a faithful 
and zealous performance of duty. The tone, the general 
bearing, and the efficiency of the Corps will depend largely 
on the character and conduct of the Cadet officers. 

23. No male student, not physically deformed to such an 
extent as to disqualify him for all military duty, shall be 
exempt from the military organization. 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEG.:. I3. 

Article II. 

Admission of Students. 

24. By the acts of the Legislature each legislative Repre- 
sentative District is entitled to send, on competitive exam- 
ination, one properly prepared student each year, between 
the ages of twelve and twenty-five, to the College free of tui- 
tion. The candidate presenting himself at the College for 
admission under this authority shall deliver to the President a 
certificate from his district Board of Examination setting forth 
" that the Board was duly appointed by ' the court of claims,' 
as prescribed in the charter of the College, approved March 
4, 1880; that he is between the ages of twelve and twenty- 
five, and that he has been selected on competitive examina- 
tion from all of the students (of whom there shall not be more 
than one from each common school), sent before the Board 
by the trustees and teachers of the several common schools 
in the district." The candidate shall then be examined by 
the Faculty, or a committee appointed by it, and must pass 
a satisfactory examination in spelling, reading, writing, 
arithmetic, as far as decimal fractions, English grammar, 
and geography, in order to be admitted as a ''properly pre- 
pared'' student in the meaning of the act of the Legisla- 
ture. 

25. The charter of the College also provides " that teach- 
ers or persons preparing to teach may be admitted free of 
tuition charge for one year, at the rate of not more than 
four, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, for each 
legislative representative district." A person desiring ad- 
mission under this provision must present to the President a 
certificate from the School Commissioner of his county, or 
from some other satisfactory source, setting forth "that he 
is a citizen of the county from which he claims admission, 
and that he is a teacher, or is preparing to teach." 

26 The charter also provides " that other students, with- 
out regard to place of residence or birth, may also be 
admitted to the College on the payment of the fees pre- 



14 REGULATIONS OF THE 

scribed for them by the Board of Trustees or the Academic 
Board." 

27. Every apph'cant for admission shall be carefully ex- 
amined by the Faculty, or by a committee which it may 
appoint, to ascertain his qualifications and fitness. If he 
passes a satisfactory examination in spelling, reading, 
writing, arithmetic as far as decimal fractions, English gram- 
mar, and geography, he may be admitted to the preparatory 
class or normal department. For admission to one of the 
regular classes, an established standard of proficiency re- 
spectively will be required, which, for the Freshman class, 
shall comprise the following subjects: English grammar 
and composition, geography, Ray's arithmetic, part 3, Ray's 
algebra, part i, outlines of history; to which must be added, 
for the classical course, Latin, the grammar and composi- 
tion, the reader and classical geography, Ceesar, and Nepos ; 
Greek, the grammar and composition, with the Greek ac- 
cent, the Greek reader. 

28. Any student coming from another College or Uni- 
versity must, in order to be admitted, produce satisfactory 
evidence that he is under no public censure from the gov- 
ernment of the institution which he has left; and in all 
cases every necessary precaution will be taken by the Fac 
ulty against the admission of unworthy persons. 

29. No applicants will be admitted who are under four- 
teen years of age, excepting those who, by the charter of 
the College, are admitted to free tuition at an earlier age. 

30. Every student on admission, and before he is allowed 
to recite, shall present to the President a certificate from 

.the Treasurer showing that he has paid the sum required 
in advance on account of tuition or other items. 

31. As a further condition of admission, the applicant 
must answer affirmatively the following questions, viz : 
Have you read and understood the regulations governing 
this Institution? Do you acknowledge your obligation to 
•obey them ? He must also subscribe the following form 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 1$ 

in a book kept for that purpose by the Faculty: "We, 
whose names are hereto subscribed, do declare that we 
acquiesce in the regulations of the Agricultural and Me- 
chanical College of Kentucky, and acknowledge our obli- 
gation to obey them." 

32. Having complied with the prescribed conditions, the 
student shall be registered on the College roll. He shall be 
considered as a member of the College, and amenable to 
its regulations during vacations as well as during the ses- 
sions, until he shall have been graduated or formally dis- 
charged, honorably or otherwise. In the case of an hon- 
orable discharge, he shall be entitled to a certificate in the 
following words: 

"I certify that A B was honorably discharged from the 
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky on the 

— day of . . 

" Secretary [or Clerk\ of the Faculty ^ 

33. No honorable discharge or leave of absence will be 
granted to a student within six weeks of the termination 
of the collegiate year, excepting in cases of great emer- 
gency. 

34. Every student on entering the Institution shall be 
furnished with a copy of its regulations, and no plea of 
ignorance shall be admissible in extenuation of any failure 
to comply with their requirements. 

35. Students who have been graduated, and desire to pur- 
sue a post-graduate course without living in the College 
quarters, shall be on the same footing as other students, ex- 
cept that they shall not be required to perform military 
duty. 

Article III. 
Course of Studies and System of Insttuction. 

36. The departments of instruction shall comprise the 
following subjects : 

Mathematics. 

Physics and Astronomy. 



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Chemistry, Elementary and Applied. 
Mental and Moral Philosophy. 
Civil History and Polijtical Economy. 
Agriculture and Horticulture. 
English Language and Literature. 
Latin Language and Literature. 
Greek Language and Literature. 
French Language and Literature. 
German Language and Literature. 

Civil, Mechanical, and Mining Engineering and Drawing. 
Natural History — Botany, Comparative Antomy, Geol- 
ogy, &c. 

Veterinary Science. 

Practical Mechanics. 

Theory and Practice of Teaching. 

Book-keeping and Penmanship. 

Commercial Law. 

Military Art and Science. 

Architecture and Landscape Gardening. 

Phonography. 

37. The selection of text-books to be used in the College 
shall be made by the Faculty, and must receive the approval 
of the Board of Trustees. No other text-books will be 
allowed, and no change will be made in the selection once 
adopted, except by the same means and for good reasons 
which must be fully presented to the Board of Trustees in 
the recommendation of the Faculty. 

38. The quality of education achieved by graduation at 
the College shall be classified as follows: ist, scientific ; 2d, 
classical ; 3d, general — these distinctions implying in each 
case that, with a standard collegiate education, the student 
has also a superior order of attainment in the direction indi- 
cated by the respective designations. This classification in 
the case of each student may be brought about by his 
choice at the time of matriculation, or determined by the 
•inclination or special qualifications which his progress may 
subsequently develop ; and a particular aptness in the chan- 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE 1/ 

fiel of scientific knowledge, for example, will justify a cer- 
tain curtailment of studies necessary in a classical course, 
and some also that are required in a superior general course, 
and vice vena. The diploma of the graduate shall indicate 
the particular quality or department of knowledge in which 
he has been distinguished; and he shall be entitled to a 
separate diploma in each department or quality in which 
he may have attained to the distinctive standard, besides 
such degrees as he may be judged deserving of for superior 
scholarship over other members of his class. 

39 The regular collegiate period having been fixed by 
law at four years, the standard of admission to the regular 
course of study shall be so regulated that the prescribed 
standard for graduation may be attainable by a student of 
average capacity in the prescribed period. All students not 
qualified to pass this introductory examination, or who de- 
sire to pursue a partial course, and are able to pass the 
examination prescribed in paragraph twenty-four, shall be 
classed as primary or preparatory, and arranged for instruc- 
tiM 1 in sections according to their proficiency. It may re- 
sult that in some branches these primary or preparatory 
students will be arranged for instruction in sections with the 
regular classes herein to be described. 

40. All students who may be admitted to the regular 
Collegiate course at the same fall session, and those who 
may be qualified to take up and continue the course with 
them at a later period, shall constitute a regular class, which 
shall be called the Freshman in the first year, the Sopho- 
more in the second year, the Junior in the third year, and 
the Senior in the fourth year. 

41. At the annual examination in June, the members of 
each class shall be arranged in the order of their merit in 
the whole course, without regard to the distinctive heads 

under which they may have pursued the course, or been 
classified for graduation. It may often happen that a stu- 
dent receiving a general diploma will have a higher gen- 



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REGULATIONS OF THE 



eral standing in the class than one who has taken a scientific 
or classical diploma. 

42. To determine this general class standing, and also to 
determine the question of proficiency in the whole course, 
the relative value of the several studies shall be represented 
by the following scale : 



Studies. 



Mathematics • ■ ... 

Physics and Astronomy 

Chemistry, Elementary and Applied 

Mental and Moral Philosophy 

Civil History and Po itical Economy 

Agriculture and Horticulture 

English Language and Literature 

Latin Language and Literature 

Greek Language and Literature 

French Language and Literature 

German Language and Literature 

Civil, Mechanical, and Mining Enginering and Drawing 
Natural History — Botany, Comparative Anatomy, Geol 

ogy, &c.. 

Veterinary Science 

Practical Mechanics 

Theory and Practice of Teaching 

Book-keeping and Penmanship 

Commercial Law 

Military Art and Science 

Architecture and Landscape Gardening ■ 



2 
3 





0) 






300 






22s 


200 






150 


150 






1 12 


100 

80 






75 
60 


100 






75 


200 






'SO 


200 






ISO 


100 






75 


100 






75 


100 






75 


ISO 






112 


200 






•SO 


50 






40 


75 






55 


100 






50 


40 






30 


40 






30 


100 






75 


50 






40 



No student shall be graduated, or allowed to continue with 
his class into another year, who fails to reach the required 
standard of proficiency in the current year. In that case 
he shall be turned back into the succeeding class to con- 
tinue his studies. 

43. Each class shall, in each of its separate studies, be 
divided into sections convenient for instruction ; the first 
section being composed of the students highest in the order 
of merit in the particular branch ; the second section of 
those next in the order of merit, and so on. In entering 
upon a new study the sections shall be arranged according 
to the general standing of the class, and afterwards re- ar- 
ranged by transfers as the relative progress of the students 
in the new study is ascertained. The sections thus formed 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. I9 

■shall be under the immediate instruction of the Professors 
and assistants. 

44. The Professors, in order to ascertain the proficiency 
of the sections intrusted to their assistants, the relative 
merits and qualifications of all of the students of the class, 
and the manner in which the assistants perform their duty, 
shall visit and instruct all the sections in their respective 
departments as often as they may think necessary. Every 
section should be so visited and observed once a week. 

45. The instruction in each branch of study shall be pro- 
portioned to the capacity of the different sections, the more 
profound and difficult investigations being generally confined 
to the higher sections. The Faculty shall determine what 
part, if any, of each particular subject may and what shall 
be omitted in the instruction of the different sections. 

46. The professor at the head of a separate department 
shall, unless the method is prescribed by the Board of Trus- 
tees, on the recommendation of the Faculty, be the judge of 
the proper mode of conveying instruction in his own depart- 
ment, and shall be held responsible for the correctness and 
success of that mode. He may deliver lectures on any por- 
tion of the course, with the assent of the Faculty. 

47. Every Professor or other instructor, having the imme- 
diate charge of one or more sections, shall keep daily notes 
of the progress of each, and of the relative merits of the 
members ; and at the end of each week shall report the re- 
sult, through the head of the department, to the President. 
The head of the department shall, at the same time, recom- 
mend such transfers from section to section as he may con- 
sider expedient. 

48. The report prescribed in the foregoing paragraph 
"will be made in the following form : 



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A. & M. College, Junior Class, Second Section, 
Department of Mathematics. 
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Names. 


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T. 


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Remarks. 


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3 
4 
5 
6 

7 
9 


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B . 
C . 
D. 
E . 
F . 
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2.8 

3-0 

2.9 

3-0 
3-0 


3-0 
3-0 

2.9 


3-0 

2.8 

3-0 
3-0 


2.8 

2.9 

30 

3-0 
2.9 


2.7 
3.0 

2.7 

3-0 

2.7 


3-0 

2.9 
2.9 

30 


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17 
17 
'7 
16 
18 

17 
18 

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2 

5 
5 
5 
5 


7 


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Signed: 



Professor (or Instructor). 

The amounts to be carried into the total column will be 
determined in each case by multiplying the average of the 
daily marks in that case by the regular number of days 
per week assigned for recitation in the particular study. 
The number of actual recitations shall be equalized as 
nearly as possible, and no student shall be allowed any 
credit for days that he may have been absent from recita- 
tion for whatever cause, unless on other duty which ren- 
dered his presence at the recitation impossible. 

Article IV. 
Sessions, Vacations, Examinations, Graduation, and Degrees. 
49. The year shall be divided into two sessions and one 
vacation, with an intermission for holidays from December 
23d to January 2d each year. 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 2T 

50. The first or winter session shall begin the second 
Wednesday in September and continue twenty weeks. The 
second or summer session shall begin the last Monday in 
January and continue twenty weeks. The annual com- 
mencement day shall be the first Wednesday in June. 

51. An annual public examination of all the classes, reg- 
ular and preparatory, commencing two weeks before gradu- 
ation or commencement day, and earlier if necessary, shall 
take place in all the prescribed branches of study pursued 
by the classes during the preceding academic year, to ascer- 
tain the proficiency of the students, and arrange them in 
the order of merit in each branch, and in general standing. 
For the Senior Class the examination shall be made by the 
whole Faculty, whose duty it will also be to determine the' 
diplomas and degrees to be conferred. For the other 
classes, the examination may be made by committees com- 
posed of not less than three members of, and appointed by, 
the Faculty. It shall be the duty of the President to give 
such attention and take such part as may be desirable in the 
proceedings of these Examining Committees. The Com- 
mittees shall report to the Faculty the result of their exam- 
ination in each case, and upon their reports the Faculty 
shall take such action as may be thought proper. 

52. These examinations shall be made in the most thor- 
ough manner, so as to exhibit the diligence and acquire- 
ments of each student. Just before the examination every 
Instructor of a section shall prepare and lay before the 
Faculty or Examining Committee a list of the section, ar- 
ranged in the order of merit as indicated by the marks 
during the academic session then terminating. 

53. The Senior Assistant in the branch of study under 
examination shall be a member of the Faculty or of its 
committee, for the purposes above mentioned ; and the In- 
structor of the section under examination shall also be a 
member of the Faculty or its committee, as the case may 
be, for the purpose of examining and arranging the section 
in the order of merit. 



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54. Any member of the graduating class shall perform in 
public such exercises relating to his studies as the Faculty- 
may assign to him for commencement day. 

55. All exercises assigned for commencement or any 
other public occasion must be submitted to the President 
for approval at least one week before the time for the per- 
formance ; and if any student shall deliver an address, or 
part of an address, which has not been approved by the 
President, his diploma and his degree, if any has been 
awarded, may be withheld. 

56. All degrees and diplomas shall be presented publicly 
by the President of the Board of Trustees, or, in his ab- 
sence, by some member appointed by the Board. 

57. The degrees which may be conferred by the College 
are Bachelor of Science (B. S.), Bachelor of Arts (B. A.), 
Master of Science (M. S.), and Master of Arts (M. A.) 
For the degrees of B. S and B. A. an actual membership 
of at least one year in the College is required, and a sat- 
isfactory examination on the entire course of scientific or 
classical study. For the degrees of M. S. and M. A. an 
actual membership of at least one year, with graduation, in 
the College is required, and a satisfactory examination on a 
course of post-graduate studies prescribed by the Faculty, 
and covering two years. 

Article V. 
Practical Instruct ion and Physical Training. 

58. In addition to the theoretical study required of every 
male student in mechanics, agriculture, and military art, 
every male student who accepts the privilege of free tuition, 
and such others as may elect, shall pursue a course of prac- 
tical instruction in mechanics and agriculture. • For labor 
performed in that way that is valuable otherwise than as 
a means of instruction, a reasonable compensation will be 
allowed, the proceeds going, if necessary, first to supply 
the student with the prescribed military uniform, and after 
that toward the payment of his rent and board account. 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 23. 

59. For military instruction and training there will be a 
drill, or other military exercise, every day, Saturdays and 
Sundays excepted, at 4 o'clock, P. M., and lasting one hour; 
unless for some special and urgent reason the President 
may occasionally dispense with it. The drill will be con- 
ducted in the academic building when the weather or con- 
dition of the ground will not permit it out of doors. There 
will, besides, be a guard mounting daily, without exception, 
and special military' exercises may be ordered by the Presi- 
dent at any time. 

Article VI. 
Offenses mid Modes of Punishment. 

60. All conduct on the part of students in violation of 
good morals or gentlemanly propriety, or of , the regulations 
of the College, or subversive of the rightful authority of 
the officers, or tending to impair the usefulness of the Insti- 
tution, shall be cognizable by the authorities of the College, 
and punishable by the means prescribed, according to the 
nature of the offense. No one is to be admitted into the 
College whose moral character is not satisfactorily attested,^ 
and no one will be allowed to remain whose behavior is not 
that of a gentleman. And if the scholarship or personal 
conduct of any student is such that it does not comport 
with the interest of the Institution, or with his own interest, 
that his membership should be continued, it will be the 
duty of the President to inform his parent or guardian, if he 
be a minor, that his continuance will be inexpedient, and to 
permit him to be withdrawn without public disgrace. 

61. The minor derelictions of which students may be 
guilty may frequently be satisfied by private admonition,, 
which may be given by the Professor or other high officer 
having the immediate charge of the student when the offense 
is committed, or by the President after a sufficiently careful 
investigation of the case. More aggravated offenses will' 
require admonition in the presence of the Faculty; public 



24 REGULATIONS OF THE 

■admonition in orders and on battalion parade ; extra duty ; 
■reduction (of officers and non-commissioned officers) to the 
ranks ; confinement to quarters, or deprivation of recreation 
or privileges. These may be inflicted by the Board of Dis- 
cipline, which shall consist of the Commandant of the Corps 
and two members of the Faculty elected monthly by the 
Faculty. Still more aggravated offenses will require suspen- 
sion from the privileges of the College, or public or private 
dismissal. These will only be inflicted by the Faculty. 

62. Whenever the Board of Discipline or the Faculty is 
called upon to act on any offense charged against a student, 
it will proceed with the ordinary formalities of a court-mar- 
tial. The accused will be entitled to all the privileges of a 
defendant in such cases ; and the proceedings will be sub- 
mitted to the I^resident of the College for his approval and 
final orders. In the proceedings of these tribunals strict 
justice must be kept in view ; but care must also be taken 
that they do not run into a form of tedious and frivolous 
litigation. 

63. When a charge is made against a student requiring 
the action of the Board of Discipline or Faculty, it will first 
be referred to the former body, by which, if it is considered 
to require the cognizance of the Faculty, it will be recom- 
mended to the President for such disposition. 

64. Besides the means above provided for the repres- 
sion of neglect and misconduct, a demerit system shall be 
enforced. The Commandant shall keep a register of all 
delinquencies for which the students are reported, and shall 
charge against each offense, not satisfactorily explained, a 
number of demerit according to the following scale : 

An offense of the first class will count 10. 

An offense of the second class will count 7. 

An offense of the third class will count 5. 

An offense of the fourth class will count 4. 

An offense of the fifth class will count 3. 

An offense of the sixth class will count 2. 

An offense of the seventh class will count i. 



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In the first year of the student at the College offenses 
will count one third less than in the above scale. The Fac- 
ulty will classify to suit this scale the offenses ordinarily 
committed by students. At the end of every month for 
which the number of demerit recorded against any student 
is less than 8, the difference between 8 and the number 
recorded shall be deducted from his aggregate record of 
demerit. 

65. Any student whose record of demerit at the close of 

a session shall amount to too for that session, shall, ipso 

facto, be dismissed. 

Article VII. 

Discipline and Police. 

66. The Commandant of the Corps is more specially 
charged with the details of the discipline and police of the 
Corps; but it is the duty also of every officer of the Col- 
lege to enforce the regulations, as far as possible, within the 
field of his observation, and to report all disorders and neg- 
lects of which he may have knowledge. 

67. It is of the highest importance that the Commandant 
of the Corps shall be quartered at the College, and provis- 
ion will be made for that object as soon as possible. In the 
meantime it is made his duty to be constantly present at 
the College from chapel roll-call in the morning until the 
termination of all duties at the close of the day, with an 
intermission for dinner between one and three o'clock, P. 
M. It will also be his duty to visit the College at other 
times to ascertain, and, if necessary, correct the manner 
in which his subordinate officers perform their duties. If 
suitable arrangements can be made for his accommodation, 
the Major of the battalion will be quartered in the College, 
and will perform the duties of the Commandant during his 
absence. 

68. When a student has been reported for some grave 
misdemeanor requiring severe punishment, the Command- 
ant shall order his arrest, either directly or through the 
Adjutant. 



26 REGULATIONS OF THE 

69. In case of violent disturbance, open contumacy, or 
other outrageous conduct on the part of a student, the offi- 
cer of the day, or any member of the Faculty present, may 
place the offender in arrest, and order him to his quarters. 
In all such cases the arrest must be promptly reported to 
the Commandant. 

70. A student placed in arrest is in duty bound to obey 
the orders of the officer making the arrest, and the con- 
ditions attached to it, on pain of dismissal. Any student 
guilty of breach of arrest shall be dismissed. 

71. No student in arrest is allowed to exercise command, 
but shall confine himself to his quarters until released, un- 
less otherwise specially ordered, except when required to 
be absent for the performance of some of his academic or 
military duties, and except on a necessary occasion, and to 
march to and from meals. 

72. No student in arrest will make a visit to the com- 
manding or other officer unless sent for. In case of business 
he will make known his object in writing, and he shall not 
apply for the usual indulgences granted to the students. 

73. No student will be released from arrest except by the 
President or by the Commandant. 

74. A student placed in confinement for punishment shall 
be subject to the same regulations as a student in arrest;, 
and a breach of confinement, or a failure to perform any 
extra duty awarded as a punishment, shall be considered an 
offense of the gravest nature, and treated accordingly. 

75. All deliberations or discussions among students hav- 
ing the object of conveying praise or censure, or any mark 
of approbation or disapprobation toward the College author- 
ities, are strictly forbidden. 

y6. Any student who shall disobey a lawful command of 
the President or of any Professor, Instructor, or other supe- 
rior officer, or behave himself in a refractory or disrespectful 
manner toward either of them, shall be dismissed, or other- 
wise less severely punished, according to the nature of his- 
offense. 



AGRICULTURAL AND' MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 27' 

'J'j. No Cadet shall bring any spiritous or intoxicating 
liquor, or cause the same to be brought, within or near the 
College limits, or have the same in his room or possession, 
upon pain of being dismissed. 

78. Any student convicted of visiting a drinking saloon, 
or a gambling or other disreputable house, or of being 
drunk, or of gambling at cards or other game of chance, or 
who shall make, cause, or procure to be made, a false official 
report or statement in regard to a matter of College duty or 
government, shall be dismissed, or less severely punished, 
according to the gravity of his offense. 

79. No student shall play at cards, or any other game of 
chance, within the College limits, or bring or cause to be 
brought within the limits, or have in his room, cards or 
other articles used in games of chance. All games and 
amusements of every kind are forbidden during study hours. 

80. All conspiracies and combinations of students, with 
a view of violating or evading the regulations of the Col- 
lege, are prohibited on pain of dismissal ; and any interfer- 
ence of one or more students with another student, or with 
a candidate for admission, in the nature of "hazing," shall 
be punished with dismissal. 

81. The use of tobacco for smoking or chewing on any 
duty, or in the College building, dormitories, or dining- 
rooms, and all profanity and obscenity, are forbidden. 

82. No student shall cook, prepare food, or give any 
entertainment in his room, or elsewhere within the College 
limits, without permission from the Commandant. 

83. No student shall keep a waiter, horse, or dog. 

84. No student shall do any damage to the trees, grass, 
or shrubbery of the College grounds, or in any manner 
injure or deface the buildings or other improvements. 

85. A Guard composed of one Cadet Lieutenant, one 
Sergeant, three Corporals, and twenty privates, or more if 
deemed necessary by the President, will be mounted every 
day at a stated hour. The Guard will not usually be kept 
under arms, or on actual duty during its tour, but may be 



28 REGULATIONS OF THE 

SO employed, in whole or in part, if deemed necessary, and 
wilh at all times, be prepared for duty when required. 

86. An Officer of the Day will be detailed daily from the 
Roster of Cadet officers. Any member of the Senior and 
Junior Classes may be detailed as Officer of the Da}'. 

87. The Officer of the Day shall constantly, between 
reveille and taps, be found at a stated place near the Col- 
lege building, or at the Commandant's office, except when 
necessarily absent. 

88. He will report to the Commandant of the Corps for 
instructions immediately after guard mounting. 

8g. He will cause all the duty calls or signals to be 
sounded at the prescribed time. 

90. He will be present at all parades and roll-calls during 
his tour, and require that the absentees be reported to him. 
He will then immediately seek such absentees, and order 
them, excepting those properly excused, to their duty. If 
the duty ceases with the roll-call, he will nevertheless seek 
the individual to ascertain his presence or absence from the 
College, and he will immediately report to the Commandant 
of the Corps all whom he may not find and all who fail to 
obey his orders. 

91. He will direct the formation of the classes and sec- 
tions, and, after receiving the reports of the Marchers, he 
will immediately dispatch each class and section to the 
place of recitation or other duty. He will require the 
Marchers to preserve good order in their classes and sec- 
tions at all times. 

92. He will take prompt and efficient measures for sup- 
pressing all irregularities and disturbances that may occur 
within the College limits during his tour. 

93. He is authorized to place a student in arrest in extra- 
ordinary cases, when it may be necessary in order to enforce 
the requirements of the preceding paragraph. 

94. He will be responsible for all public property depos- 
ited in his charge. 



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95. He will promptly report to the Commandant of the 
Corps any violation of the police regulations committed by 
any person not immediately on duty with the students. 

96. On the back of the report which he shall render to 
the Commandant of the Corps at the close of his tour, he 
will record all violations of regulations or orders that may 
have come to his knowledge, stating the name of each 
offender, and including those reports that have been made 
to him by other officers, and all permits deposited with 
him. He shall add to his report that he has faithfully 
performed all the duties enjoitied on the Officer of the 
Day by the regulations of the College. 

97. Besides the roll-call which is made whenever students 
are paraded for any duty, there shall be three regular 
roll-calls daily — one at Reveille; one at Tattoo, and one 
at the hour for Chapel Service. The first two shall be 
attended by all students living within the College limits; 
the third shall be attended by every student of the Insti- 
tution not excused because of some special duty. 

98. The hours for daily duty shall be as follows: 
Reveille at 5:30 A. M. from October ist to the last of 

February, and at 5 A. M. at all other periods. 

Inspection of Quarters by Inspectors 30 minutes after 
Reveille. 

Breakfast, 6:30 A. M. 

Guard Mounting, 8:45 A. M., or immediately after Chapel 
Service. 

Call to Quarters for study, 7:30 A. M. 

Chapel Service, 8:30 A. M. 

Dinner, 12 M. 

Call to Quarters for study, i P. M. 

Release from Quarters, 4 P. M. 

Military exercise, when the weather will permit, Saturday 
and Sunday excepted, 4 P. M., and lasting one hour. 

Supper, 5:30 P. M. 

Call to Quarters for study, 6:30 P. M. 



30 REGULATIONS OF THE 

Tattoo, 9:30 p. M. 
Taps, 10 P. M. 

99. Every student will be expected to attend divine 
service in some church at least once every Sunday. 

Permits and Leaves of Absence. 

100. All permits to be absent from any duty, or from' 
quarters during study hours, must have the approval of 
the President. All other permits for absence may be 
granted by the Commandant of the Corps ; and every 
permit for a brief absence will be deposited with the 
Officer of the Day, to whom the student will invariably 
report at the expiration of his permit, whether it has 
been used of not. No permit will bear the name of 
more than one student. 

lOi. If the Cadet be in arrest or in confinement, or con- 
fined to less than the usual limits, or if his name be on the 
sick report, the fact must be stated in the permit. 

102. All applications by students for leave of absence 
must be made in writing, addressed to the Commandant of 
the Corps, and specify the place to which the applicant 
wishes to go. If the application is for a longer period than 
the Commandant is authorized to grant, he will forward it 
to the President. 

103. P>ery student who overstays his leave of absence,, 
must produce satisfactory evidence of his having been de- 
tained by sickness or some other unavoidable cause. 

104. P^very student, on returning from leave of absence,, 
will immediately report, in person, to the President. 

105. A. leave of absence shall not be construed to grant 
the student any indulgence at the College, or to absolve him 
from the observance of regulations. 

106. Applications to be excused from any duty, must be 
made in ample time before the beginning of the duty. 

107. Except in case of sickness, no Officer of the College 
will absent himself from any duty without the permission of 
the President, and with the assent of his immediate superior 



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if he be an assistant. In case of sickness, he will report the 
fact promptly through his immediate superior to the Presi- 
dent, in order that provision may be made for the execution 
of his duty by another. The President shall not grant per- 
mission to be absent for a longer period than seven days, 
and not then without some pressing reason. He will not 
be absent himself for a longer period than seven days, and 
then only for like reason, which he will report to the. Execu- 
tive Committee ; and in his absence, the necessary duties of 
his office will be performed by the Commandant. 

Quarlers. 
io8. The Commandant shall assign the students to quar- 
ters, giving choice to Cadets in the order of official rank; 
provided, that each Cadet shall have quarters in the build- 
ing occupied by the Company to which he belongs. 

109. No student will remove from the room assigned to 
him without the permission of the Commandant. 

1 10. At the signal for calling to quarters, each Cadet 
shall immediately repair to his room, and remain there dur- 
ing study hours, unless required for duty elsewhere. 

111. Each Cadet, immediately after reveille, shall hang 
up his extra clothing, put into his clothes-bag such articles 
as belong there, and arrange his bedding and all his other 
effects in the prescribed order. He shall also attend to the 
good order and arrangement of his arms, accoutrements, 
clothing, and other effects. 

112. Cadets will prepare their clothes for the laundry at 
such times as the Commandant may direct. 

113. The occupants of a room will, unless for special rea- 
sons otherwise directed, alternate weekly, commencing at 
reveille Sunday morning, in the duties of Room Orderly. 

114. The Orderly will see that the names of his room- 
mates are on the orderly-board, his own name standing first. 

115. He will be responsible for the cleanliness of the 
wash-stand, mantelpiece, shelves, and other fixtures; for the 
general police of the room, and for the strict observance of 
regulations and orders therein. 



32 REGULATIONS OF THE 

Ii6. He will be responsible for the preservation of all 
public property attached to the room for the common use 
of its occupants. 

117. Every morning, immediately after reveille roll-call, 
he will thoroughly sweep every part of the floor of his 
room, brush the dust from the furniture, &c., and sweep 
the dirt into the hall. The rooms will not be swept at any 
other hour; but the floors will be thoroughly scrubbed every 
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock by their respective Order- 
lies. 

118. When fires are used in the quarters, the Orderly will 
see to its being safe whenever the occupants are to leave the 
room, and make it safe for the night before taps. 

119. He will see that a light is in his room immediately 
after the evening call to quarters, and that it is extinguished 
when the occupants are absent. 

120. Every night, between tattoo and taps, he will cause 
all lights not authorized in the room to be extinguished. 

121. He will answer promptly and fully every question 
put to him by proper authority concerning his duty as 
Orderly. 

122. Whenever an Orderly is absent from his room, or is 
prevented by sickness from attending to his duty, the occu- 
pant longest off, who is present for duty, shall take all the 
duties and responsibilities of Orderly. 

123. No student shall be absent from his room between 
taps and reveille without permission from the Commandant. 

124. No Cadet shall visit the room of another during 
study hours. 

125. No student shall throw anything from the windows 
and doors, nor any missile in the vicinity of the public 
buildings. 

126. No student shall play upon any musical instru- 
ment in study hours, or otherwise disturb the quiet of the 
Quarters. 

127. Students shall walk the halls and pass up and down 
stairs in study hours in a soldier-like and orderly manner. 



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Loud talking or laughing, scuffling, and all other unneces- 
sary noise in the buildings, are prohibited at all times. 

128. No student shall post any placard or notice upon 
any of the College buildings, fences, or other improvements 
or places, or affix to the walls of his room any map, picture, 
or piece of written or printed paper, without permission 
from, the Commandant. 

129. Students are forbidden to take or have in their 
quarters any newspapers or other periodical publications 
without special permission from the President. They are 
also forbidden to keep in their rooms any books except 
text-books, without special permission from the President 

130. No student shall mark, cut, or in any manner de- 
face or injure the buildings or other property of the College. 

131. There shall be detailed weekly from the companies 
one or more Hall Orderlies for each suite or tier of 
halls, whose duty it shall be to sweep out the halls and 
stairs immediately after the sweeping of the rooms in the 
morning, and after the scrubbing of the rooms Saturday 
afternoon. 

132. Each Company of Cadets and its quarters shall be 
superintended by its Captain or other Company Commander, 
who shall see that the regulations are duly observed therein. 

133. After inspection Sunday mornings, he will direct the 
Orderlies of such rooms as are not in proper order to be 
continued on the same duty for the ensuing week. 

134. Every morning he will make to the Commandant a 
report, in writing, of all offenses that have come to his 
knowledge since his previous report, and of the condition 
of the quarters under his charge. 

135. Each Company will also furnish a Lieutenant or 
Sergeant as Superintendent for each floor of the quarters 
which it occupies, who shall be charged with the preserva- 
tion of good order on the floor assigned to him. 

136. In case of any noise, scuffling, visiting, wrestling, or 
disorderly conduct in any room, hall, or piazza under his 
charge, the Superintendent of the floor will repair instantly 



34 REGULATIONS OF THE 

to the scene, suppress the disturbance, order the parties to 
their rooms, and report the circumstances to the Officer of 
the Day. 

137. He will also thoroughly inspect every room and the 
hall and stairway of his floor thirty minutes after reveille 
roll-call, and see that all regulations concerning the police 
of quarters have been complied with. He will then imme- 
diately make a report, in writing, through his Captain, 
to the Commandant, reciting upon it all departures from 
these regulations, and stating that, since the report of the 
previous day, he has faithfully performed all the duties 
required of him by the regulations. 

138. No student shall introduce a citizen into the quarters 
during study hours, upon any pretense whatever; nor at 
any other time without the permission of the Commandant. 

139. No individual, whatever be his rank or position, 
shall enter the students' quarters during study hours, except 
on duty; nor shall any citizen enter the quarters at any 
time, except on duty, unless accompanied by an officer or 
student. 

140. No persons, other than those on duty, shall enter 
the academic building without the permission of the Super- 
intendent, unless accompanied by an officer of the College. 

Section Marchers. 

141. The student whose name stands first on the section- 
roll shall be the marcher of the section. 

142. At the given signal the marcher will form his section 
at the place appointed in two ranks, call the roll, note each 
absentee, and immediately report the names of all such to 
the Officer of the Day. 

143. The marcher will conduct his section to and from the 
place of instruction in a soldier-like manner. 

144. He will cause the members of his section to take 
seats in the recitation-room in the order of their names on 
the roll. 



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145. When dismissed by the Instructor, he will form his 
section in the same order as before, and march it in like 
manner to the designated place, and there dismiss it. 

146. He will promptly report to the Officer of the Day 
every violation of the regulations that has been committed 
by any member of the section while marching to or from 
the place of instruction, or while thereat, during the absence 
of the Instructor. 

147. Every student except the Officer of the Day, and 
those who may be excused by the Physician from academic 
duty, shall march with his section, and remain with it dur- 
ing the recitations. 

148. For those students not quartered in the College, a 
room will be prepared as a study- room, with desks and 
seats, to be occupied by the students during study hours 
and while not reciting. The preservation of order in this 
room will be intrusted to the Officer of the Day or some 
other person appointed by the Commandant or President. 

Uniform, Arms and Accoutrements. 

149. The uniform of Cadets shall be as follows, to-wit : 
A blouse of grey cloth, single-breasted for privates, and 
double-breasted for Captains and Lieutenants. Pantaloons 
of grey cloth, with a black stripe one inch wide down the 
outer seam. A cap of navy-blue cloth, with a wreath and 
the letters S. C in front. All articles of uniform must be 
made in strict conformity with the approved patterns. 

150. No other outer dress than that above prescribed, 
excepting an overcoat, shall be worn by a Cadet on any 
occasion without permission from the Commandant. Stu- 
dents while laboring in the field or in the shops may be 
exempted from this rule. 

151. Cadet officers and non-commissioned officers shall be 
designated by the following badges, to-wit : 

Captains — Chevrons of four bars of single lace or braid 
on each arm above the elbow, points up. 

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36 REGULATIONS OF THE 

Lieutenants — Chevrons of three bars of single lace or braid 
on each arm above the elbow, points up. 

Adjutant — The Lieutenant's chevrons, with an arc. 

Quarter- Masta' — The Lieutenant's chevrons, with a hori- 
zontal bar. 

Sergeant Major — The Sergeant's chevrons, with an arc. 

Quarter- Master Sergeant — The Sergeant's chevrons, with a 
horizontal bar. 

First Sergeants — Chevrons of two bars of single lace or 
braid on each arm above the elbow, points up, with a 
lozenge. 

Sergeants — Chevrons of two bars of single lace or braid 
on each arm above the elbow, points up. 

Color-bearer — The Sergeant's chevrons, with a star. 

Corporals — Chevrons of two bars of single lace or braid 
on each arm below the elbow, points up. 

Corporals of the Color Guard — The Corporal's chevrons, 
with a star. 

Students appointed to act as teachers will wear a star on 
the left breast. 

152. The Commandant will cause to be issued to each 
Cadet, at such time as he may see fit, a full equipment of 
arms and accoutrements through the Quarter-Master or other 
Cadet officer. 

153. All arms and other public property issued to 
students shall be marked with a designated number ; and 
the Cadet officers will, at such times as they may deem 
necessary, or as the Commandant may direct, examine and 
ascertain whether each student is in possession of the 
articles issued to him. 

154. The arms and other public property shall not be 
taken from quarters, or used otherwise than on duty. No 
Cadet shall lend or exchange his arms or accoutrements, 
or use those of another Cadet, without the permission of 
the officer having charge of the property. 

155. No Cadet shall alter his musket by scraping, filing, 
cutting, or varnishing the stock, barrel, or any other part ; 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. 37 

nor shall the lock be removed or taken apart without the 
permission of the officer responsible for the property. 

156. Students are forbidden to have in their possession 
any description of fire-arms or -other deadly weapons not 
issued to them by proper authority. 

157. Should any Cadet damage, lose, or destroy any part 
of his equipment, he shall pay for the same, and otherwise 
be punished according to the circumstances of the case. 

158. An Armory, with gun-racks, &c., suitably arranged 
and numbered, will be fitted up in some convenient and 
safe part of the buildings, in which all arms and accoutre- 
ments issued to Cadets not quartered in the College will 
be deposited and securely locked up when not in use on 
duty, each set in the place corresponding to its number. 
When required for duty, these arms will be issued and 
replaced under the supervision of the Quarter- Master and 
Quarter-Master Sergeant, the Cadets being marched by their 
officers to and from the Armory for the purpose, in Com- 
panies or detachments, as the case may be; and the Com- 
mandant of the Corps will see that they are properly 
preserved and kept clean. When necessary, an hour may 
be taken from drill for cleaning arms and accoutrements, 
and the Cadets will, in such cases, be formed in ranks and 
inspected. 

Tlie Cadcf s Mess. 

159. The Commandant of the Corps is inspector of the 
Cadet's mess, and will report to the President all deficiencies 
in the fare, and any defect he may observe in the general 
management, 

160. The senior Cadet officer present is Superintendent 
of the Mess Hall, and the other Cadet officers, in the order 
of rank, are Assistant Superintendents. It shall be their 
duty, aided by the non-commissioned officers, to preserve 
order and enforce the mess regulations. 

161. The Corps will be dfvided into squads of a con- 
venient size, each with its proportion of officers and non- 



38 REGULATIONS OF THE 

commissioned officers, and each squad having a separate 
table. Each squad will be commanded by the ranking 
officer present, who will preside at the table, cause the 
regulations to be observed,* and report all violations to the 
Superintendent, who will transmit the report to the OfTficef 
of the Day. 

162. At the hours appointed for breakfast, dinner, and 
supper, the squads will be formed on the Company parade 
grounds by the Sergeants, and will then be united under 
the senior Cadet officer present, who will march the whole 
as a battalion to and from the hall in a soldier-like manner. 

163. Every Cadet will march to and from meals, except 
the Ofificer of the Day, members of the battalion staff, and 
Cadets on special duty, who may have been excused from 
marching. 

164. Each Cadet shall have a particular place at table» 
which shall not be changed without permission from the 
Inspector of the Mess. 

165. Loud talking and all boisterous noise at the table 
or in the hall are prohibited. 

166. Wasting or taking from the hall provisions or furni- 
ture of any kind is forbidden. 

167. Such members of the Guard as have been detained 
on duty will be marched to the Hall immediately after the 
return of the battalion by an officer or non-commissioned 
ofificer of the Guard, who shall preside at the table. 

168. Every Cadet will rise from table at the command 
from the Superintendent, and will immediately form in 
ranks to be marched back to the place of starting. 

169. No Cadet shall go to the mess at any other time, or 
in any other manner, than the regulations prescribe. 

170. If any Cadet shall consider an article of the fare 
unsuitable for use, he may report the fact through the com- 
mander of his squad to the Superintendent of the Hall, 
who will promptly communicate the report, with a sample 
of the food complained of, to the Inspector. 



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Explanations. 

171. Any student having an explanation to offer for an 
offense for which he has been reported, will express it in 
writing according to the prescribed form, and present it to 
the Commandant of the Corps within forty-eight hours 
after its publication. If satisfactory, the Commandant will 
erase the report; if not satisfactory, he may refer the ex- 
planation to the reporting officer, who shall indorse upon 
it such remarks as may be pertinent, and return it to the 
Commandant. 

172. No explanation will be received after the lapse of 
forty-eight hours, unless sickness, absence, or some other 
unavoidable cause, which must be fully stated, has prevented 
its presentation within the prescribed time, in which case it 
must be presented as soon as possible. 

173. Whenever a student is absent from any duty, or 
absent from quarters after taps, or at any other time longer 
than thirty minutes, he will be punished as if beyond the 
College limits, unless his absence is satisfactorily accounted 
for. 

174. Explanations will include only such statements of 
fact and of the intentions of the student as may be neces- 
sary for a correct understanding of the case, and will not 
be made the medium of complaint or criticism, or of irrele- 
vant remarks. 

175. Appeals to the President for the reconsideration of 
reports will not be entertained after the expiration of ten 
days from the time they were recorded, except in cases 
where it was impracticable to apply for a reconsideration 
within that time. 

176. No student shall address an officer or Cadet who has 
reported him for an offense on the subject of such report, 
unless specially permitted, in writing, by the Commandant 
of the Corps ; and no officer or Cadet having made such 
report against a student shall hold any conversation with 
him concerning it unless referred to with the proper permis- 
sion. 



40 REGULATIONS OF THE 

Article VIII. 
Library and Apparatus, 
ijj. The Board of Trustees, and, in the event of the 
non-action of the Trustees, then the Faculty, shall appoint 
a Librarian from among the officers of the College, who 
shall execute his duties under the direction of the Faculty 
in all matters not provided for in the regulations established 
by the Trustees, 

178. The Librarian shall keep a complete and accurate 
catalogue of all books and apparatus belonging to the 
College. All books shall be duly numbered and labeled. 

179. All members of the College shall have the privilege 
of using the books, but only the officers of the Institution 
and commissioned Cadet officers shall be allowed to take 
books away from the Library-room. All students, except- 
ing the commissioned officers, will be restricted to the use 
of books within the Library-room, Books taken out by 
the persons authorized as above must be returned within 
two weeks, even though the use of them should be renewed 
to the same person. No person shall take a book from the 
Library for the use of another, or permit a book which he 
has taken out to go out of his actual possession. 

180. Every person shall be responsible for damage done 
to any book while in his possession or use. The damage 
shall be paid to the Librarian at such rate as he or the 
Faculty may decide. 

181. Any person who may keep a book in his possession 
beyond the authorized time shall pay therefor twenty-five 
cents a week for each volume so obtained. It will be the 
duty of the Librarian to collect the fine. 

182. The Librarian shall keep an account, in a book kept 
for the purpose, of every volume taken from or used in the 
Library, giving the name of the person taking or using, the 
dates of removal and return, or of use in the Library, and 
the condition when removed and returned. He shall also 



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keep an accurate account of all moneys received and issued 
by him. 

183. The Librarian shall promptly turn over to the Treas- 
urer of the Board of Trustees, and take his receipt there- 
for, all moneys which he may have received from fines or 
other sources on account of the Library. 

184. The Librarian will recommend any work in the way 
of binding or repair of the binding of books in the Library, 
and the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees will 
authorize any such work, for which the money received from 
the Librarian will be sufficient to pay. All payments in 
excess of that must first have the authorization of the 
Board of Trustees. 

185. All academical instruments or apparatus belonging 
to the College shall be duly registered and accounted for by 
the Librarian, but shall be committed to the control of the 
Professors, respectively, who may have use for them in the 
course of instruction, and who shall be responsible for their 
proper preservation. When repairs are necessary to such 
instruments, the Executive Committee may order and pay 
for them without waiting for the sanction of the Trustees. 

186. All record-books and accounts required to be kept 
by the Librarian shall be submitted to the inspection of the 
Executive Committee whenever called for, and to the Board 
of Trustees at every annual meeting, and oftener when re- 
quired. 

Article IX. 

Miscellaneous. 

187. All moneys received by the College from whatever 
source shall be turned over to the Treasurer of the Board of 
Trustees, and shall only be expended by its authority. 

188. Supplies for academic or other puposes will only be 
procured by specific requisitions made through the Presi- 
dent upon the Executive Committee, and setting forth the 
use and necessity of the articles required. No officer of 
the institution will contract debts in its name, or purchase 



42 REGULATIONS OF THE 

for it in his own name, or present any account for supplies 
purchased otherwise than as authorized, in writing, by the 
Executive Committee, and no payment by the Treasurer 
will be approved by the Board of Trustees which is made 
without such written authority. 

189. All further regulations necessary for the interior 
police, discipline, and government of the College, not 
inconsistent with the foregoing, may be established by the 
Faculty, and shall be duly observed. 



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